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(aka "The Stendahl Syndrome" or "Sindrome de Stendhal" )
directed by Dario Argento
Italy 1996
The movie's main character is the beautiful and young policewoman
Anna Manni (played by Dario Argento's daughter - Asia Argento) who
is tracking down a violent serial killer and rapist (played by
Thomas Kretschmann). Her track leads her to the Uffizi museum in
Florence. There however, Anna is struck by the Stendhal Syndrome,
which makes her faint, when among certain works of art, like
paintings and statues. Her new handicap makes it very difficult for
her to track down the killer, since every work of art could make her
faint.
Eventually Anna finds the killer and confronts him, but this is far
from the end of Anna's troubles...
Excerpt from Bloody Disgusting located HERE
Poster
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Theatrical Release: 26 January 1996
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DVD Comparison:
Troma Team - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Blue Underground (2 Disc Special Edition) - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Medusa (Medusa English Version Disc 2) - Region 2 - PAL vs. Medusa (Medusa Italian Version Disc 1) - Region 2 - PAL
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for all the Screen Caps!
(Troma Team - Region 0 - NTSC TOP LEFT vs. Blue Underground (2 Disc Special Edition) - Region 0 - NTSC TOP RIGHT)
(Medusa (Medusa English Version Disc 2) - Region 2 - PAL - BOTTOM LEFT vs. Medusa (Medusa Italian Version Disc 1) - Region 2 - PAL - BOTTOM RIGHT)
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Troma Team Region 0 - NTSC |
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Medusa Region 2 - PAL |
Medusa Region 2 - PAL |
| Distribution |
Troma Team Region 0 - NTSC
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Medusa Region 2 - PAL |
Medusa Region 2 - PAL |
| Runtime | 1:53:00 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:59:16 | 1:53:20 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:54:36 (4% PAL speedup) |
| Video |
1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 4.3 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
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| Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround | English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX; English 6.1 DTS-ES; English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround; Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 EX; Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1; Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo |
| Subtitles | None | English, none | English, Italian, none | English, Italian, none |
| Features |
Release Information: Studio: Troma Team Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 10 |
Release Information: Studio: Blue Underground Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
Chapters 24 |
Release Information: Studio: Medusa Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD Release Date: 1
December 2003 Chapters 20 |
Release Information: Studio: Medusa Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD Release Date: 1
December 2003 Chapters 20 |
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The Blue Underground DVD is the
first anamorphic release in its original aspect ratio of
1.66:1 (both the anamorphic BU and the non-anamorphic Troma
releases feature more balanced compositions than the Medusa
English and Italian language versions which have been
cropped to 1.78:1 for 16:9 enhancement even though the back
cover says they are presented 1.66:1 16:9). It has a warmer
color balance (I prefer the colors on the Italian disc) and
is slightly grainier but the Italian disc is said to have
been heavily noise reduced which is why it looks smoother.
The BU disc evinces texture in the closeups of paintings
that is absent from the smoother presentation. It is also
slightly darker (see cap 2). There is a muffled audio pop at
: that is present on all of the tracks as well as those of
the other discs which must be an error in the original
recording.
While the Blue Underground extras are more extensive, it is
unfortunate that the Asia Argento interview and the "On the
Set" featurette were not included as it features the
shooting of some scenes with the actors performing in
English in their original voices (none of the extras on the
Medusa set have English subtitles although they have been
provided for both the Italian and English language versions
of the film itself). -Eric
Cotenas
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PAL - BOTTOM)
NOTE on Troma - no subtitles on English version (but note ghosting from a PAL-NTSC transfer)
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Report Card:
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Blue Underground |
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Sound: |
Blue Underground |
| Extras: | Draw between BU and Medusa |
| Menu: | Troma Team |
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Troma Team Region 0 - NTSC |
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